Patents by Inventor David C. Pugh
David C. Pugh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9930344Abstract: Digital content, such as movies, television productions, and the like are processed and delivered based upon digital masters. The masters may be produced as the initial content, or any other content may be digitized to create the masters. An HD full aperture version is used to create a reduced set of masters that can be used to fill orders having a wide range of features and options. The HD full aperture version is combined with pan and scanned instructions parsed from original pan and scan files to permit automatic creation of the basic masters used to fill the orders, such as a letter box version, a 16:9 FF version, and a 4:3 FF version. The derived masters may be HD versions or SD versions. Upon receipt of orders, the proper version is selected and assembled with any other components that may be ordered by the customer. Ingestion of the masters may be delayed until order reception, and transcoding of the original master may also be delayed until order reception.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: NBCUNIVERSAL MEDIA, LLCInventors: John Christopher Gianutsos, Tyler John Knight, Harvey Landy, David C. Pugh
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Publication number: 20110038611Abstract: Digital content, such as movies, television productions, and the like are processed and delivered based upon digital masters. The masters may be produced as the initial content, or any other content may be digitized to create the masters. An HD full aperture version is used to create a reduced set of masters that can be used to fill orders having a wide range of features and options. The HD full aperture version is combined with pan and scanned instructions parsed from original pan and scan files to permit automatic creation of the basic masters used to fill the orders, such as a letter box version, a 16:9 FF version, and a 4:3 FF version. The derived masters may be HD versions or SD versions. Upon receipt of orders, the proper version is selected and assembled with any other components that may be ordered by the customer. Ingestion of the masters may be delayed until order reception, and transcoding of the original master may also be delayed until order reception.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2009Publication date: February 17, 2011Applicant: NBC Universal, Inc.Inventors: John Christopher Gianutsos, Tyler John Knight, Harvey Landy, David C. Pugh
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Patent number: 5842264Abstract: A structural support shell for a tilt-back chair has a back portion, a seat portion, and a flexible compression zone extending between the back and seat portions in an integrally molded, one-piece unit. The chair has a base with a recline control pivoting recline control lever. The seat portion of the shell is fixed to the base and the back portion of the shell is fixed to the recline control lever. The flexible compression zone provides a simplified construction for an ergonomic chair design having an effective axis of rotation between the back portion and seat portion which is located above the seat portion, forward of the back portion, and generally adjacent to the hip joints of a seated user. The chair includes side arms that laterally and then rotatably engage side arm supporting connectors on the chair to facilitate assembly. The chair further includes a one-piece shell having tabs for mateably engaging flanges on the chair seat and back to also facilitate assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 1997Date of Patent: December 1, 1998Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Charles P. Roossien, David C. Pugh, Dale M. Groendal, James E. Massey, Robert M. Scheper, Duane F. Nagel, Bruce M. Smith, Douglas A. Smith, Brian L. Scholten
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Patent number: 5662381Abstract: A structural support shell for a tilt-back chair has a back portion, a seat portion, and a flexible compression zone extending between the back and seat portions in an integrally molded, one-piece unit. The chair has a base with a recline control pivoting recline control lever. The seat portion of the shell is fixed to the base and the back portion of the shell is fixed to the recline control lever. The flexible compression zone provides a simplified construction for an ergonomic chair design having an effective axis of rotation between the back portion and seat portion which is located above the seat portion, forward of the back portion, and generally adjacent to the hip joints of a seated user. The chair includes side arms that laterally and then rotatably engage side arm supporting connectors on the chair to facilitate assembly. The chair further includes a one-piece shell having tabs for mateably engaging flanges on the chair seat and back to also facilitate assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: September 2, 1997Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Charles P. Roossien, David C. Pugh, Dale M. Groendal, James E. Massey, Robert M. Scheper, Duane F. Nagel, Bruce M. Smith, Douglas A. Smith, Brian L. Scholten
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Patent number: 5540481Abstract: A structural support shell for a tilt-back chair has a back portion, a seat portion, and a flexible compression zone extending between the back and seat portions in an integrally molded, one-piece unit. The chair has a base with a recline control pivoting recline control lever. The seat portion of the shell is fixed to the base and the back portion of the shell is fixed to the recline control lever. The flexible compression zone provides a simplified construction for an ergonomic chair design having an effective axis of rotation between the back portion and seat portion which is located above the seat portion, forward of the back portion, and generally adjacent to the hip joints of a seated user.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1994Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: Steelcase, Inc.Inventors: Charles P. Roossien, Dale M. Groendal, James E. Massey, Robert M. Scheper, Douglas A. Smith, David C. Pugh
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Patent number: 5318346Abstract: A structural support shell for a tilt-back chair has a back portion, a seat portion, and a flexible compression zone extending between the back and seat portions in an integrally molded, one-piece unit. The chair has a base with a recline control and pivoting recline control lever. The seat portion of the shell is fixed to the base and the back portion of the shell is fixed to the recline control lever. The flexible compression zone provides a simplified construction for an ergonomic chair design having an effective axis of rotation between the back portion and seat portion which is located above the seat portion, forward of the back portion, and generally adjacent to the hip joints of a seated user.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1993Date of Patent: June 7, 1994Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Charles P. Roossien, David C. Pugh, Dale M. Groendal, James E. Massey, Robert M. Scheper, Daniel P. Beemer, James P. Steffens, Duane F. Nagel, Bruce M. Smith, Douglas A. Smith